Wire-boll holder



V. SKORNIA.

WIRE ROLL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. a. 1911.

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V. SKORNIA.

WIRE ROLL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8. 19l7- 1 ,3 1 '7, 1 O8 I Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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Arromuv VINCENT SKORNIA, 0F TEA, MISSOURI.

WIRE-ROLL HOLDER.

Application filed December 8, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I VINCENT SKORNIA, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Tea, in the county of Gasconade and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wire-Roll Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in wire reeling devices, and has particular reference to a mechanism for reeling, unreeling, and stretching barbed fence wire r and the like.

vision for rotating the reel manually to pay out, gather in or to stretch the wire as desired and to make provision for distributing the wire on the reel in uniform layers during either manual or automatic rotation thereof. I alsopropose to enable the user to more quickly and conveniently remove and replace reels as occasion may require.

With these and other objects in view I have embodied my invention in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the specification and claims below.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. 4 is a sect onal vlcw of the reel shaft coupling and associated parts.

' Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing one of 1 the pawl and ratchet devices between the axle and the rear wheels.

Referring tothe drawings more particularly, the basic portion of the structure comprises a frame 1 having the form of an isosceles triangle, and mounted for movement upon a forward wheel 2 situated at the apex of the triangle and rearwheels 3 having extending between them an axle 6 con- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Serial No. 206.250.

stituting the base of the triangle. For attachment of the forward wheel a vertical standard 4 is provided, having a bifurcated lower portion wherein the wheel 2 is suitably journaled, and provided at the upper extremity with an arm 40 secured thereto.

A suitable means is provided for rotating the standard to direct the device, such means consisting in the present instance of a shaft 5 journaled in bearings aflixed to the frame and provided at the forward end with a suitable arm 41 and link 42 for actuation of the arm 40 upon the standard. I may further provide at the rear extremity a suitable handle 43, preferably located adjacent the seat 7 attached to the device, for convenient manual actuation by the operator thereof.

Between each rear wheel and the axle 6 is interposed a pawl and ratchet device 7, Fig. 5, which may be of any of a number of well known forms and is adapted to produce rotation of the axle during a forward rotation of either wheel, and to permit a free reverse rotation of either wheel while the axle remains at rest.

A seat 7 is located at the rear of the device, for attachment of which I have provided in the present instance a box-like structure 6 affixed at one extremity to the triangular frame and embracin the axle 6 which is suitably journaled tierein to reduce friction. For support and rotation of a wire container or reel 11, I have provided a shaft 10 extending transversely of the device, and parallel to but elevated above the axle thereof, and adapted to be maintained in position by suitable supports 8 and 9 affixed to the triangular structure. One extremity of the shaft is journaled in the upper extremity of the corresponding support 8, and keyed or otherwise secured to the shaft adjacent the support is a beveled gear 20 for rotation of the shaft. Adjacent to the gear 20 is a device whereby the portion of the shaft upon which the reel is placed may be swung out of line with the supports to facilitate placing a reel on the shaft. Such device consists in the present instance of a universal joint 12 which may have an enlarged portion provided with pins'36 projecting therefrom parallel to the shaft and adapted to engage a reel for rotation thereof. The shaft 10 is provided with a diametrical a bore 37 for insertion of a pin to secure the reel in position.

To facilitate removal of a reel the shaft 10 is terminated at the opposite extremity from the universal joint at a position some what inwardly of the corresponding support'9, Fig. 4. An auxiliary shaft 13 journaled in the upper extremity of the support for transverse slidin movement is formed with a recess 14 a apted to embrace the shaft and any convenient means may be provided whereby the rotation of the auxiliary shaft 13 will be transferred to the reel shaft 10, as for instance, the extremity of the reel shaft may be squared and the recess 14 in the auxiliary shaft may be correspondingly formed for engagement therewith. A spring 16 is further provided to normally insure such engagement and to permit manual disengagement when, desired.

The auxiliary shaft 13 is adapted for manual rotation, in the present instance by a gear 17 affixed to the outer extremity and meshing with a small gear 18 having attached thereto a hand le 19 conjveniently positioned for rotation by the operator.

or automatic rotation of the reel shaft a means for power transmission is provided between the shaft 10 and the axle 6, whereby the reel shaft may be rotated at various speeds or stopped as desired. In the present instance, such device consists of a vertical counter-shaft 22 suitably journaled in supports aflixed to the frame and provided at the upper extremity with a beveled gear 21 engaging the gear 20 of the reel shaft and at the lower extremity with a gear 25 splined or otherwise slidably mounted upon the counter-shaft for rotation therewith, and adapted for engagement with any one of a series of annular rows 24 of teeth projecting laterally from a disk 23 keyed or otherwise secured to the axle 6. Gear wheel 25 is provided for actuation with a cylindricalprojection formed peripherally with a groove which is embraced by a portion of a lever 27 interlnediately of the ends thereof.

One extremity of the lever 27, Fig. 1, is pivotally attached to the frame and the lever terminates at the other extremity in a handle 38 conveniently located adjacent to the seat whereby the operator may at will bring the gear in engagement with any one of the annular rows of teeth on the disk 23 to vary the speed of the reel or may disengage the gear'from the teeth to stop the rec For producing a uniform disposition'of wire upon the reel, I employ an oscillating lever 28 provided at the upper extremity with rollers 28 for guiding the wire and pivotally attached upon a transverse member 29 aflixed to the frame. The oscillating lever is provided with a plurality of points 50 for such pivotal attachment whereby the movements of the wire guiding rollers relatively to the reel may be varied as desired. The oscillating lever 28 is adapted for actuation during either manual or automatic rotation of the reel shaft, for effecting which object a shaft 30 is provided, having a gear 32 afliXed thereto at the rear extremity for engagement with a suitable worm 31'keyed or otherwise secured to the vertical shaft 22. At the forward extremity the shaft 30 is provided with an arm 33 connected to the oscillating lever 28 by a suitable link 34:, and the means of attachment between the link and the lever are such that the link may be variously positioned longitudinally of the lever to vary the stroke of the lever. as desired.

For propulsion of the device any one of a number of well known means may be employed as for instance, shafts extending rearwardly from the device for attachment of a draft animal, such means constituting no essential part of the invention, and consequently, not needing detailed description.

\Nhile I have here shown and described a preferred form of my invention for purposes of illustration, such embodiment is not to be interpreted as in any way limiting the spirit and scope of the invention, such limitation being that indicated in the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

1. A wire handling device comprising a main frame, a transverse shaft journaled therein, ground-wheels on said shaft, a disk fixed on said shaft and having at one of its sides inner and outer circular series of gear teeth, an upright shaft bearing in the main frame and disposed above and at right angles to the wheel-bearing shaft, a spurgear splined on the upright shaft for alternate engagement with the inner and outer gear teeth of the first-named gear and having a circumferentially-grooved collar at its 7 upper side, a hand lever fulcrumed on the frame and engaging said collar, a reel mounted in the frame, and a driving connecltion between the upright shaft and said ree 2. A Wire handling device comprising a main frame, a transverse shaft journal therein, ground wheels on said shaft, a disk fixed on said shaft and having at one of its sides inner and outer circular series of gear teeth, an upright shaft bearing in the main frame and disposed above and at right angles to the wheel-bearing shaft, a spur gear splined on the upright shaft for alternate engagement with the inner and outer gear teeth of the first-named gear and havinga circumferentially-grooved collar at its upper side, a hand lever fulcrumed on the frame and engaging said collar, a reel mounted in the frame, a driving connection between the upright shaft and the reel, a worm fixed on said upright shaft, a longitudinally-disposed shaft mounted in the frame, a gear fixed on said shaft and in- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

